"SOCIALISM AND AGRICULTURE"]*
[March-April 1903. London]

From David 1:

P. 109: "The small farmer builds more cheaply than the large farmer." Works himself. "This advantage" (sic!) also applies to the maintenance of buildings.

P. 115 (from Auhagen) 2: the small farmer did not buy a cart for 22 years (the large farmer wears one out and sells it to the blacksmith in 10-12 years)...

P. 152: "In general in market gardening, as in agriculture, small-scale production prospers (!)".

Cf. statistics 3

NB

221: "In small peasant agriculture the cow is the ideal—that is, the most rationally utilized and cheapest draft animal." (!!)

Pp. 528-9-532. Charlatanism à la Bulgakov, that small agriculture is more frequently combined with sugar beet and potato production.

550-551.
Denmark ((and cover page))

424: In small agriculture twice as much livestock per hectare as in large agriculture. (Cf. Drechsler 4).

1 Socialismus und Landwirtschaft by E. David. Vol. I. The Question of Production. Berlin 1903. These notes partly repeat individual passages from Lenin's fuller conspectus of David's book (see "Lenin Collection" XIX, 317-335), partly supplement it. They were written at the same time as the complete conspectus, when Lenin carefully worked through David's book upon its publication. Ed.

2 Article by H. Auhagen "Über Grossbetrieb und Kleinbetrieb in der Landwirtschaft" in "Landwirtschaftliche Jahrbücher," edited by Dr. H. Thiel. Vol. 25. Berlin 1896. Lenin's conspectus and excerpts from this article by Auhagen see above, p. 22 of the Collection.

3 This concerns verification of data from German statistics cited by David on p. 152 of his book from "Statistik des Deutschen Reichs. Neue Folge, Bd. 112. Die Landwirtschaft im Deutschen Reich. Nach der landwirtschaftlichen Betriebszählung von 14. Juni 1895." Berlin 1898. Ed.

4 Here Lenin refers to data by G. Drechsler, published by the latter as results of repeated agricultural surveys in 1883-1884. Two works by Drechsler on this question are meant: 1) "Die bäuerlichen Zustände in einigen Teilen der Provinz Hannover" in "Schriften des Vereins für Sozialpolitik." XXIV. 1883; 2) "Die Verteilung des Grundbesitzes und der Viehhaltung im Bezirke des landwirtschaftlichen Kreisvereins Göttingen" in "Landwirtschaftliche Jahrbücher," edited by Dr. H. Thiel. Vol. XV. Berlin 1886.